Location: Hybrid (Greece/EU)

We are looking for a senior sustainability expert who can combine environmental life cycle thinking with strong economic and techno-economic analysis. In this role, you will help partners understand not only the environmental impacts of manufacturing technologies, materials, and processes, but also their feasibility, scale-up potential, and cost-performance trade-offs across EU-funded innovation projects.

What you will do

·       Lead integrated LCA and LCC/TEA studies for manufacturing processes, materials, pilot lines, and demonstrators, from early-stage concepts to scale-up scenarios.

·       Develop robust environmental and economic models using engineering, operational, and process data, including energy use, material flows, yields, utilities, CAPEX, OPEX, and end-of-life assumptions.

·       Perform scenario, sensitivity, uncertainty, and trade-off analyses to support R&D priorities, design choices, scale-up pathways, and industrial decision-making.

·       Work closely with technical teams to translate laboratory and pilot data into decision-ready sustainability and feasibility assessments.

·       Contribute to Horizon Europe and other EU project deliverables, proposals, impact sections, and consortium discussions with clear, evidence-based insight.

·       Support the development of internal methodologies, templates, and good practices for integrated environmental and economic assessment.

Why this role matters

·       Your work will help ensure that sustainable manufacturing innovation is both environmentally credible and economically realistic.

·       By making trade-offs visible and evidence-based, you will support better decisions for industry, innovation actors, and society.

Must-have

·       MSc or PhD in Engineering, Industrial Ecology, Sustainability, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economics, or a related field.

·       Proven hands-on experience in Life Cycle Assessment and in Life Cycle Costing and/or Techno-Economic Assessment for industrial technologies or manufacturing systems.

·       Strong analytical and modelling skills, with the ability to structure assumptions clearly and communicate limitations transparently.

·       Experience working with LCA tools such as SimaPro or equivalent, and confidence in building structured economic models.

·       Experience contributing to Horizon Europe or H2020 projects, with strong technical writing and reporting skills in English.

·       Ability to lead tasks, engage with consortium partners, and work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice-to-have

·       Experience with Product Environmental Footprint, carbon footprinting, circularity assessment, or broader Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment approaches.

·       Background in sustainable manufacturing, industrial decarbonisation, circular economy, or process scale-up and deployment.

·       Experience in proposal writing, exploitation planning, or strategic impact-related work in EU projects.

·       Publications, visible project outputs, or thought leadership in environmental and economic sustainability assessment.

What we offer

·       A high-impact role in a mission-driven, non-profit innovation centre advancing sustainable manufacturing in Europe.

·       Flexible, remote-first collaboration with international partners across research, industry, and innovation ecosystems.

·       Competitive remuneration aligned with experience, responsibility, and contribution, with room to shape methods, strategy, and visible project outcomes.